ChatGPT for Managers

Name: ChatGPT for Managers
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Use chatGPT and Codex as allies to master prompts, manage projects, build AI assistants and custom GPTs, Analyze Data

Created byGanapathi Devappa

Last updated 7/2026

English

What you'll learn

Take the latest GPT-5.5 for a test-drive
Master Prompt Engineering to make effective use of chatGPT
Revolutionize your management skills using chatGPT and Codex as assistants
Extend models with custom data without writing any code
Develop project plans using Deep Research
Master Codex and agents for every day management
Harness the power of AI to unearth deep insights from your existing data
Use the power of Large Language Models to build AI Agents - the future of AI applications
Use customGPTs to interface with external tools to automate tasks
Take you career and organization to next level with latest advancements by openAI

Course content

9 sections • 132 lectures • 8h 15m total length

Introduction4:21
Introduction to the course and this lesson
Course Structure1:49
Describes the course structure for the ChatGPT for Managers course
Course Prerequisites0:32
Prerequisites for taking this course
What is Generative AI?2:02
Generative AI is behind the tools like chatGPT, this gives sheds light on Generative AI
Take latest ChatGPT for a Test Drive7:24
Test latest version of chatGPT (5.5) for a test drive with data analysis, conflict resolution, image generation and more
AI Agents as Manager Assistants4:55
ChatGPT now can do much more than just chat
Agentic AI Demo3:40
Demo of AI Agents acting together to help a manager
Capstone Project Demo6:36
At the end of the course, you will do a capstone project, interfacing with project management tool Asana and sending email using gmail. This gives a demo of that project implementation.
ChatGPT Plans and Pricing2:48
Different types of subscription plans and their prices
Temperature1:42
Provides information about temperature in AI models
Context2:14
ChatGPT Models2:16
As Models keep changing, the current model structure and when to use which model
*Special Thanks*1:02
Things to Remember and Activities0:47
Summary of this lesson
9 ChatGPT Hacks Every Manager Should Know17:06
Some Resources For the Course0:02
Some data files used in some of the demos. If some file is missing, please let me know.
⚡ Feature Spotlight: ChatGPT in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets4:07
A spotlight on a new feature added to ChatGPT: Use ChatGPT in Microsoft Excel, a popular tool for managers, with an add-in provided by OpenAI. Similarly you can use ChatGPT in Google Sheets as well.

Introduction0:48
Introduction to prompt engineering
What is Prompt Engineering2:10
Answers the question what is prompt engineering.
Why Prompt Engineer?3:21
Why do organizations need prompt engineers?
The Elements of a Good Prompt5:16
What constitutes a good prompt? What do I want from chatGPT?
Who am I asking?3:53
Who am I asking? Narrowing down chatGPT capabilities.
Who is asking?4:44
Who is asking the question? An expert or a novice?
What do I already know?4:05
What do I already know? Facilitate chatGPT to narrow down its answer
Is there a Formula?0:46
Is there a prompt formula?
Is it a Hype?1:16
What is all the hype around prompt engineering?
Prompt Generators3:23
Use Prompt Generators to build better prompts
Prevent Hallucinations3:03
What are hallucinations and how to prevent this with prompt techniques
Quality Control0:49
It is always good to check the quality of your prompt
Prompt Overfitting8:11
Things to Remember1:02
Summary of the lesson
Practice Activities0:13
Practice what you learnt in this lesson

Introduction2:09
Introducing chatGPT into IT Project Management
chatGPT as Digital Assistant8:00
A digital assistant to collaborate
Enhance Communication9:36
Enhance communication using ChatGPT
Decision Support : Predictive Analysis (with O1)4:03
Use O1 Model's thinking capability to predict problems with new projects based on old projects.
Decision Support: Risk Assessment (with O1)3:05
Assess risks in the project using O1 thinking.
Decision Support: Strategy Formulation (with O1)2:02
Brainstorm strategies using the thinking capabilities of O1 model
Decision Support: Scenario Planning (with O1)3:12
Plan for different scenarios using O1 thinking.
Decision Support: Decision Justification (with O1)2:38
Justify a resource allocation using O1
Decision Support: Edit Justification Email (with ChatGPT-O1 Canvas)6:08
Edit the generated justification email using ChatGPT-O1 Canvas.
Project Planning & Execution: Work Breakdown Structure (with O1-Preview)4:24
O1-Preview is best for planning. Use it here to generate a work breakdown structure(WBS) from project description.
Project Planning & Execution: Dependencies (with O1-Preview)4:58
Explore the project dependencies using O1-Preview.
Project Planning & Execution: Skill identification (with O1-Preview)1:42
Identify the skills needed for the project using O1-Preview
Project Planning & Execution: Project Plan (with O1-Preview)7:53
Generating project plan with resource allocation is the toughest task for a project manager. While earlier ChatGPT models struggled with it, O1-Preview does it with ease.
Project Planning & Execution: Project Plan (With Deep Research)6:36
O1-Preview did a good job in generating a project plan. Can DeepResearch, the research model do the same? Let us test it with DeepResearch model.
Project Planning & Execution: Multiple Execution Plans (with O1-Preview)3:17
O1-Preview is also good at generating multiple execution plans so that you can plan for contingencies.
Project Planning & Execution: Work Breakdown Structure (with O1-Mini)2:54
With O1-Mini model, you get the power of reasoning but very quick thinking. Generate a work breakdown structure for a project with O1-Mini.
O1 Vs O3-Mini Vs O3-Mini-High output comparison6:53
Compare the output of O1, O1-Mini and O1-Mini-high side by side.
Innovation & Creativity7:09
Add innovation and creativity to your projects using ChatGPT
Data Analysis11:38
Analyze project data using ChatGPT
Things to Remember2:10
Summary of the lesson
Activities to Practice1:44

Introduction1:04
Introduction
Data Analysis Demo16:29
A detailed data analysis demo
Loading data into chatGPT2:05
Loading data into chatGPT
Exploratory data analysis0:24
Exploratory data analysis with ChatGPT
Statistical data analysis0:17
Chi-Square Test Demo7:27
Predictive Analysis & its Applications in Various Industries3:49
Illustrates predictive analysis and its applications
Prescriptive Analysis0:40
Talks about prescriptive analysis of data
SQL Data Query demo(Query mysql database zip archive)4:46
Analyse data in a mysql zip archive
Format Conversion demo (Json file to Excel)5:49
Things to remember & Activities1:15
Summary and activities to try

Introduction1:59
What is LLM?1:05
Explains the concept of Large Language Models
Transformer Architecture0:55
Explains transformer architecture used to build LLMs
Self Attention Mechanism0:47
Self Attentiona Mechanism, a key concept in LLMs
Generative Capability1:16
Demonstrates generative capability of LLMs
Can I build my own LLM?1:36
Is it possible to build own LLM?
Langchain Framework0:45
Explains Langchain Framework for extending LLMs
Plugins1:23
Plugins in chatGPT
Future Trends in LLMs1:31
What is in the future for LLMs?
openAI API Demo8:11
A demo of building an openAI program with the latest APIs
Langchain Demo7:39
Demo of using Langchain to extend LLMs
Custom GPT Introduction2:44
Introduction to customGPT
custom GPT demo 18:18
custom GPT demo 24:59
custom GPT demo 312:07
AI Agents2:49
AI Agents: A revolutionary idea towards extending LLMs
AI Agents: Points to Ponder2:41
AI Agents: Some points to think about
Assistants API5:27
Explains new assistants API
Assistants API Demo 114:15
Demo of assistants API
Assistants API Demo 212:04
Demo of Assistants API
Assistants API Demo 37:11
Demo of Assistants API
openAI Playgrond3:08
Using the openAI playground platform to create assistants
Model Updates1:09
Talks about updates to AI Models
Model Fine Tuning3:24
Talks about finetuning of AI Models and introduces you to the fine tuning demo
Model Fine Tuning Demo - Fine Tune GPT-4o Mini Model for Free6:25
In this demo, we prepare data for finetuning, upload the data to openAI, create a finetuning model and test it. Note that creation of finetuning model is free up to 2M tokens for GPT-4o mini until Sep 23,2024. You can do it on the openAI platform playground without writing any code.
Model Fine Tuning - Conclusion1:34
What did we learn from the model finetuning demo? Key take aways.
Amazing ChatGPT Agents: Demo of using latest ChatGPT Agent to update Calendar10:23
ChatGPT has introduced an amazing new feature, ChatGPT Agents where you can use AI to do tasks on your behalf, like checking emails, adding events to your calendar and sending meeting invitations. In this demo, ChatGPT checks your email, schedules an event on your calendar as requested in the email and sends the meeting invitation to the sender. This is really an amazing new feature.
Real Time Applications and ChatGPT1:38
Is ChatGPT suitable for real time applications?
Things to Remember1:14
Summary of the lesson
Activities1:05
Practice activities

Introduction2:13
Introduction to Ethics and security
Perils of Innovation1:17
Innovations that cause harm to humanity
Chaining Innovation1:22
Some innovations that were unnecessarily restricted
Ethical Boundaries3:34
Attempts to restrict AI
Middle Ground1:52
The compromise between extreme restrictions and room for innovation
Data Security with chatGPT3:58
Securing your data while using ChatGPT
Demo: Ethical Restrictions4:57
A demo of a privacy policy
Things to Remember and Activities to Practice1:11
Open AI Model Spec - Ethical Guidelines10:46
On May 8, 2024, Open AI made public the model spec adopted by their AI models including chatGPT and Assistants. They also opened it up for feedback from the public. In this lecture, I go over the model spec as it is very important from the point of view of ethical standards being followed by open AI.

Introduction1:06
Introduction
10 AI tools in 20241:47
AI tools popular in 2024
DallE-2, Midjourney2:47
Tools for image generation
Pictory2:29
Tool for video creation
Copyright Assistant0:39
Tools for copyright assistance
Text to Speech2:42
Tools for text to speech
GitHub Copilot2:47
Talks about the coding assistant GitHub Copilot
Emerging AI Technologies4:09
Emerging AI technologies
Claude 3.5 Sonnet - Demos including Artifact Feature12:34
Anthropic announced their latest AI model Claude 3.5 Sonnet which has impressive features even with the free model and can be used for project management, generating interactive dashboards, creating games and analyze diagrams with its vision capability. The four demos in this lecture showcase all these capabilities of Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
AI for CEOs in 20244:12
How CEOs can take advantage of AI
AI for Various Industries3:35
How AI can be applied in various industries
AI in ERP1:00
AI in Enterprise Resource Planning
AI's Role in Shaping Future Management Practices2:44
AI for future management practices
Things to Remember and Activities to Practice1:32
Summary & Activities to Practice

Introduction1:52
Introducing Codex for Managers - about this Section
Codex in Action : Update Project Plan2:00
Dive into Codex in action, a demo of Codex connecting to Trello project management tool to update the project plan from local files.
Setup Codex Desktop1:42
Download Codex for Windows, install and connect
Vibe Coding in Codex2:55
Vibe code to build a dashboard in Codex, also connecting to Hubspot CRM
Automation with Codex2:06
Automate a task to run on a schedule
Setup Chrome for Codex1:35
Codex can do whatever you can do in Chrome browser using a Chrome connector
Access local files in Codex1:30
You can set context for Codex with files in your local folder
Plugins in Codex : Establish connection to HubSpot CRM1:45
Demonstrate plugins by connecting to HubSpot CRM
Models and Usage1:53
Check the available models and check usage limits
Parallel Tasks in Codex2:53
Run tasks in parallel in Codex
Goal mode in Codex3:38
Demonstrate Goal mode in Codex by setting a goal
Conclusion1:27
Section conclusion

Requirements

IT professionals at every level from team leads to mangers to CEOs can take this course. Even students diving into generative AI can use this course to gain foundational edge. No programming experience is required though small Python programs to build assistants are used.

Description

Updated with Codex for Managers and ChatGPT 5.5 insights, along with Deep Research demo, this foundational course covers the fundamentals of ChatGPT that will help you confidently use ChatGPT in your organization. Make ChatGPT your trusted ally in leading your projects and organization. Master prompt engineering to get what you want out of ChatGPT. You will manage your projects better with the power of generative AI helping you with task allocation, project communications, risk management, project reports and conflicts resolution. The same data you had earlier will look different and provide better actionable insights as you apply statistical, predictive and prescriptive analytics without writing a single line of code. Is Codex only for developers? Not any more, use Codex for managers to build AI Agents and make AI execute tasks on your behalf.

The course is hands-on with demos at every step, so you practice what you learn. Latest GPT-5.5 demo is also added along with Codex for managers.

With this course, not only understand Large Language Models(LLMs) but also extend them using AI assistants, custom GPTs and building your own AI agents. Future of AI is not in building LLMs but using AI Agents to extend already existing LLMs. Add tasks to a project management tools like Asana, generate and send project reports using gmail without writing any code.

Navigate security of your data with confidence. Analyze Ethical dilemmas and learn about the ethical boundaries set for AI innovation. Do you need an AI tool for a new problem, you have that covered in the course. With the super power granted to you by ChatGPT, take your career and your organization beyond what is possible.

Embark on this journey with ChatGPT and Codex to turn the once-impossible into your new reality.

Who this course is for:

Tailored for IT industry professionals, from team leaders to managers to CEOs, this course elevates your technical skills from zero to hero, enabling you to implement cutting-edge AI solutions directly into your daily operations

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Introduction17 lectures • 1hr 3min

Prompt Engineering15 lectures • 43min

Integrate chatGPT into IT project management21 lectures • 1hr 42min

Explore Data Analysis with ChatGPT11 lectures • 44min

Uncover the Mystery of Large Language Models30 lectures • 2hr 10min

Atlas Shackled9 lectures • 31min

Hidden Gems14 lectures • 44min

Conclusion3 lectures • 13min

Extra: Codex for Managers12 lectures • 25min

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